Deepa Rai Bangdel
Lalitpur, March 3
The day devoted to Lord Shiva called Mahashivaratri, made the youngsters celebrate Marijuanaratri. The Narcotic Drugs Acts states that anyone found using or selling cannabis shall be jailed for up to one month or fined up to Rs 2,000. But the holy site of Pashupatinath Temple was a 'lawless' region throughout Mahashivaratri.
Sadhus openly smoked cannabis with youngsters. According to The Himalayan Times, daily newspaper, Manav baba, a sadhu said he was selling a stick of cannabis for Rs 10 and had earned more than Rs 6,000 and police had told them to sell the contraband secretly. Although the government had mobilised 3,800 security and 8,000 volunteers, but they were mute.
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